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Given the profound moral-ethical controversies regarding the use of
new biotechnologies in medical research and treatment, such as
embryonic research and cloning, this book sheds new light on the
role of religious organizations and actors in influencing the
bio-political debates and decision-making processes. Further, it
analyzes the ways in which religious traditions and actors
formulate their bio-ethical positions and which rationales they use
to validate their positions. The book offers a range of case
studies on fourteen Western democracies, highlighting the
bio-ethical and political debates over human stem cell research,
therapeutic and reproductive cloning, and pre-implantation genetic
diagnosis. The contributing authors illustrate the ways in which
national political landscapes and actors from diverse and often
fragmented moral communities with widely varying moral stances,
premises and commitments formulate their bio-ethical positions and
seek to influence political decisions.
Given the profound moral-ethical controversies regarding the use of
new biotechnologies in medical research and treatment, such as
embryonic research and cloning, this book sheds new light on the
role of religious organizations and actors in influencing the
bio-political debates and decision-making processes. Further, it
analyzes the ways in which religious traditions and actors
formulate their bio-ethical positions and which rationales they use
to validate their positions. The book offers a range of case
studies on fourteen Western democracies, highlighting the
bio-ethical and political debates over human stem cell research,
therapeutic and reproductive cloning, and pre-implantation genetic
diagnosis. The contributing authors illustrate the ways in which
national political landscapes and actors from diverse and often
fragmented moral communities with widely varying moral stances,
premises and commitments formulate their bio-ethical positions and
seek to influence political decisions.
Despite the broadly assumed institutional separation of church and
state in contemporary Western politics, there is a trend towards
renewed alliances between illiberal interpretations of religion and
right-wing populist politics that challenge liberal democracy. This
book explores the theoretically and empirically complex
ideological, structural, and historical linkage between religion
and illiberal politics within a broad range of European states. It
shows how political actors apply Christian identity narratives to
push exclusionist anti-Muslim politics, while simultaneously
showcasing the ways in which religious actors evolve as illiberal
players searching for political allies. This timely volume offers a
critical look at a key contemporary issue that challenges
assumptions and the reputations of current relationships between
church and state.
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